Satan In Mark Twain's Letters From The Earth
"There is nothing about man that is not strange to an immortal." This is the viewpoint of Satan in Mark Twain's “Letters from the Earth”. Throughout this piece, Satan writes to Saint Michael and Saint Gabriel about his observations of mankind. Satan watches us contradict ourselves in our ideas of religion. I believe that man created the idea of God as a way to help us understand the world. We created a set of rules that we are required to follow in order to enter the kingdom of Heaven. When we break one of these rules, we expect forgiveness for our sins, and hope to be accepted into the ultimate place of peace. In the Bible, it lists a set of commandments that we are expected to obey. We believe that if we follow these ten basic
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Satan says that it is okay for immortals to enjoy sex. Why then, do we say that it is not ok to have in heaven? According to the Bible, if you're not married, you're not supposed to have sex, yet so many people do. Sex is in our nature, just as eating or breathing. Not only do we use it for pleasure, but it is important for our survival. According to Twain, "No creature can be honorably required to go counter to the law of his nature -- the Law of God." One can't go against his nature, so why is sex a sin? According to what Mark Twain said, not having sex would be more sinful than having sex, because we are going against our nature by avoiding it. It doesn't make sense. While some of things we enjoy as mortals get left out of heaven, others we do not enjoy on earth are included in heaven. Naturally, on earth, we can't stand loud, repetitive noise. In our image of heaven, we think about angels singing and playing the harp. It doesn't make sense why we would include something in heaven that we don't enjoy here on earth. Personally, I can't stand repetitive music for more than ten minutes without wanting to go mad. Why would I enjoy it for all eternity? Unless God increased my tolerance for loud noise, I wouldn't be able to stand hearing the same sounds all the
Satan says that it is okay for immortals to enjoy sex. Why then, do we say that it is not ok to have in heaven? According to the Bible, if you're not married, you're not supposed to have sex, yet so many people do. Sex is in our nature, just as eating or breathing. Not only do we use it for pleasure, but it is important for our survival. According to Twain, "No creature can be honorably required to go counter to the law of his nature -- the Law of God." One can't go against his nature, so why is sex a sin? According to what Mark Twain said, not having sex would be more sinful than having sex, because we are going against our nature by avoiding it. It doesn't make sense. While some of things we enjoy as mortals get left out of heaven, others we do not enjoy on earth are included in heaven. Naturally, on earth, we can't stand loud, repetitive noise. In our image of heaven, we think about angels singing and playing the harp. It doesn't make sense why we would include something in heaven that we don't enjoy here on earth. Personally, I can't stand repetitive music for more than ten minutes without wanting to go mad. Why would I enjoy it for all eternity? Unless God increased my tolerance for loud noise, I wouldn't be able to stand hearing the same sounds all the